Connecticut western news., 1887-01-19
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William Agnew, of Palmyra N J.. killed his wife on January 8, and slept beside her dead body for ten days. He has been arrested Mir. Watson, the designer of the Thistle, emphatlcally denies that the drawings of that vessel lately published in the Boston Herald ere correct,
 An indictment for murder has been found against the deaf mute Bingham, who killed his deaf and dumb sweetheart, Miss Turling- ton, and IS fugitive.
 General Miles thinks the partition of tho Indian land, giving each family its share in severalty and breaking up tribal relations would clvllize our rcd neighbors in five years. -The explosion of 1900 pounds of nitro giycerlne at the Clinton Powder Mills shook the country over radius of twenty miles. San Francisco was rocked from east to west on Wednesday morning by shock of earth quake which lasted seven seconds. No damage was done.
 The Common Council of New York city organized its committees, giving sixteen chair msnships to Tammany and County Democracy Aldermen and one to republican.
 The shipments of petroleum from Phil adelphia for the year 1606 were 152, ,64l ,O44 gal Ions, as against 151, 756, ,S12 gallons for 1885. Germany was the largest consumer.
 --Goyernor Torres, of Sonora, N. Mexico, is confined to his room with smallpox and fears are entertained that he may not recover. The disease has been very general and fatal in Her mosillo.
 The price of coal has again advanced, and well-informed retailers express fears that if the strike continues much longer, many fac torres throughout the country will have to shut down.
 -Roundsman Montgomery, shot by policeman Rocrke in New York, died, and Rourke is held for murder. Rourke had twenty-six charges preferred against him in four years only five of which were dismissed.
 Four bars of gold and silver bullion were stolen from shippers while in transit to the mint at Hermosella, Arizona. The bullion is valued at $10,0 The men who had It in charge have been arrested.
 -Elam R. Jewett, formerly q prominent journalist of Buffalo, and at one time proprie- aged seventy-six years. He was born at New Haven, Conn.,, December 10, 1S10.
 The Mayor of Vancouver and others are to be prosecuted for banish ing the Chinese. The explosion of ], 300 pounds of nitro- glycerlne at the Clinton Powder Mills shook the country over a radius of twenty miles. San Francisco was rocked from east to west on Wednesday morning by a shock of earth quake which lasted seven seconds. No damage was done.
 The Common Council of New York city organized it's committees, giving sixteen chair manshlps to Tammany and County Democracy Aldermen and one to republican.
 The shipments of petroleum from Phil adelplia for the year 1886 were 152 641, ,O44 gal Ions, as against 151, ,75S, SIP gallons for 1885. Germany was the largest consumer.
 Governor Torres, of Sonora, N. Mexico, is ooafinc l to his room with smallpox and fears are entertained that be may not recover. The disease has been very general and fatal in Her mosillo.
 The price of coal has again advanced, and weu-inforned retailers express fears that if f 0 lOnopr fac ter e. throughout the country will have to shut down.
 -Roundsman Montgomery, shot by policeman Rourke i'll New York, died, and Rourke is held for murder. Rourke had tweuty-six charges preferred against him in four years, only five of which were dismissed.
 Four bars of gold and silver bullion were stolen from shippers while i'll transit to the mint at Hermosella, Arizona. The bullion is valued at S10,000. The men who had It in charge have been arrested.
 -Elam R. Jewstt, formerly prominent journalist of Buffalo, and at one time proprie- tor of the Conanercaat Adcertiser, died Sunday, aged seventy-six years. He was born at New Haven, Conn.,, December 10, 1910.
 A man who claims to be brother of Prin- cess Dolgourouki and an escaped Siberian exile Is refugee in Tah equah Indian Territory
 -C. H. Barbour, of Florence, S. C., died from blood poisoning caused by the point of a lead pencil breaking of in his eye some months ago.
 In the home of the two misers found dead at Philadelphia there was found wealth amounting to more than S1oO00O. They froze to death.
 The assessed valuations of real estate in the city of New York are placed at S1, ,257, ,275,- 90S, which Is an increase of $53, 334 ,83S over those of 18SS
 -"Blind' Cooper, poor man residing near Eimira, N. r., was frozen to death ill field into which he wandered and was unable to find his way out through his infrmity. --Edward Meagher, while walking home to Fort Smelling, Minn., stopped to take drink in Mendota. He received the contents of four shot guns into his body instead, was driven four miles in an open sleigh, and then half frozen, taken to a St. Paul hospital to die of blood poisoning.
 WASHINGTON.
 Tine l.. s. House passed without division the Utah bill, which now goes to conferenc committee.
 The House passed the bill creating tn Department of Agriculture and Labor an making its head 6 Cabinet officer. It discusse' the bill for the reorganization of the Nay Department.
 Senator Sherman. in the Senate, intro duced bill to reimburse the depositors of th Freedmaa's -SariDgs and Trust Company fo losses incurred by the failure of the company Inc Diii pFONlucS SI.Stp,UtU TOT tilt purpose The House Committee on Claims discussed similar bill.
 The Senate, in secret session has passed resolution advising the President to enter int negotiations with Nicaragua for concession for an interoceanic canal. The resolutio came from the Committee on Foreign Rel; tions. It was debated for two hours and ws vigorously opposed by a minority of tn Senate.
 In the House lills relating to the tari were introduced under the call of States: t MT. Morrill, of Kansas--To place lumber all salt on the free list and to reduce the duty Q sugar. By Mir. Green, of North Carolna-l grade taxes on the bases of income. By M Barmer, of Pennsylvania--A petition of er ployees of the Standard Mills, of Philadelphi In favor of a reduction of internal taxes.
 In the U. $. House bills from the Jud elary Committee only were considered. Amor those passed the most important were oI amending the law regulating the removal ( cases from State to federal courts and al other extending the jurisdiction of the Cou of Claims to all private claims against Il government. except cases of captured an aban oned property, cotton claims or ws claims.
 Senator Cameron introduced an amen, ment intended to be proposed to the Sund1 Civil bill to appropriate S5J,O00 for the ere tien of granite monuments or memorial table fer the proper marking of the position of eae of the commands of the regular army engage in the battle at Gettysburg. The amendmel also appropriates s25,0 900 for the pnrchas restoration and care of monuments, under II direction Of the Gettysburg Battlefield M nlorial Association.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 The English Admiralty has adopted Lo Charles Berdford's advice to build fleet
 fast Uuisers-, The new fleet will be complet in two years.
 Tho fire \ the Alcszar Palace at Teled SbaiH on SunsAy resulted in the total destrr
 tiol of the hHlding, with loss of over Q % n6alien ael3a1I.